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You do have a choice, just keep using the OS version you have. Just like using the an older Firefox version. Adding security updates and new features costs tim
by aetch 2y ago
You do have a choice, just keep using the OS version you have. Just like using the an older Firefox version.
Adding security updates and new features costs time and money.
- redserk 2y agoApple seems to have made the economics work out well with devices alone. You don’t even have to touch their services revenue to consider ongoing iOS development a significantly successful return on their investment.
- HighGoldstein 2y agoThere are a couple of problems with this argument. One is that with a device (especially a premium one) the cost of support for a reasonable lifetime is considered baked into the price. The other is that security updates imply a security issue, meaning the company sold you an insecure, i.e. defective device in the first place.
- GTP 2y agoThe point is that with browsers there's also the option of using an entire different one, not just keeping an older version of the same browser.
- evah 2y agoIf Apple delivers a defective device to the customer, I see no reason why they shouldn't be fixing it using the money the customer originally paid. A security vulnerability may eventually leave a device completely unusable.